Per-diem rates for DAR Animal Facilities

Individual rates

Current

Jul '09

Jul '10

Jul '11

Bovine <500 lb

$7.19

$7.41

$7.63

$7.86

Cat

$3.38

$3.48

$3.59

$3.69

Chicken – suspended battery housing

$0.29

$0.30

$0.31

$0.32

Chinchilla

$2.25

$2.32

$2.39

$2.46

Dog

$8.37

$6.70

$6.90

$7.10

Frog, bull

$0.27

$0.28

$0.29

$0.30

Frog, xenopus/treefrog

$0.09

$0.09

$0.10

$0.10

Gerbil

$0.35

$0.36

$0.37

$0.38

Guinea Pig

$1.18

$1.22

$1.25

$1.29

Hamster

$0.35

$0.36

$0.37

$0.38

Mice - Conventional

$0.20

$0.21

$0.21

$0.22

Mice - Immunosuppressed

$0.28

$0.29

$0.30

$0.31

Pig – Containment Operations

$3.43

$3.53

$3.64

$3.75

Pig (<3 weeks old)

$1.15

$1.18

$1.22

$1.26

Pig (3 - ≤ 6 weeks old)

$1.72

$1.77

$1.82

$1.88

Pig (>6 weeks old)

$2.08

$2.14

$2.21

$2.27

Quail

$1.15

$1.18

$1.22

$1.26

Rabbit

$1.46

$1.50

$1.55

$1.60

Rat

$0.33

$0.34

$0.35

$0.36

Snake^a

$0.30

$0.31

$0.32

$0.33

Cage rates

Chicken – standard housing/per cage

$1.15

$1.18

$1.22

$1.26

Finches/Small Cage

$1.17

$1.21

$1.24

Finches/Aviary

$10.64

$10.96

$11.29

Finches/Breeding Aviary

$12.78

$13.16

$13.56

Fish (tank rate)

$0.12

$0.12

$0.13

$0.13

Mice - Rodent Quarantine Facility – (cage rate)

$1.38

$1.42

$1.46

$1.51

Mice – VCS (cage rate)

$0.57

$0.59

$0.60

$0.62

a - plus supplies